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How much rain fell in Witham, Essex? Daily, weekly and monthly totals averaged over the Environment Agency rain gauges within 15km, updated every 15 minutes.
Next 24 hours: about 1.6mm of rain forecast for the area around Witham, heaviest in the hour to Tue 10:00 (0.9mm).
A computer model forecast (DWD ICON) for a square about 15 km across, updated 11:05 UK time. It is a forecast, not a measurement, and not a Met Office forecast. Weather data by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Daily totals for UK days from the same computer model; "dry" means under 0.2mm. Forecasts further ahead are less certain.
Chance of rain in Witham
Met Office forecast for the next 24 hours: 95% chance of more than 1 mm, 10% chance of more than 4 mm and less than 5% chance of more than 12 mm.
Next 48 hours: 90% chance of more than 1 mm.
Updated 04:40 on Mon 26 Oct. For the Met Office forecast point under 1 km from Witham. Powered by Met Office data.
| Gauge | Distance | Yesterday | 7 days | October | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainfall gauge nr Witham | 0.1km | 0.0mm | 43.4mm | 63.4mm | 3.2mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (north-west) nr Braintree | 5.8km | 0.0mm | 35.8mm | 58.2mm | 3.4mm |
| Rainfall gauge nr Braintree (north-east) nr Braintree | 7.9km | 0.0mm | 46.4mm | 68.8mm | 3.4mm |
Daily totals 26 Sep–25 Oct. Wettest day: 13.7mm.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Witham, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days (based on 2 months of records at this gauge).
2026 so far: 379 mm (1 Jan to 24 Oct), against 422 mm by the same date in an average year (2001–2025) — 10% drier.
One bar per calendar year, the average of 8 local rain gauges: the Environment Agency's quality-checked daily archive, then live telemetry for the latest months. Wettest: 2012 (794 mm). Driest: 2003 (323 mm). Average: 541 mm a year.
Daily totals are the average of 8 local rain gauges, for UTC days; one gauge can catch much more than the average. A storm's figure adds up the rain measured on its dates, from our list of Met Office named storms and major floods — other weather on those days counts too.
Witham gets about 581 mm of rain a year on average (wettest month October, 66 mm; driest March, 35 mm). That is drier than the UK as a whole, which averages 1,163 mm a year.
Monthly averages in mm. Source: Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 (5 km grid), 1.5 km from the town's gauge centre. Average rainfall: HadUK-Grid v1.3.2, Met Office. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. UK comparison: Met Office HadUK-Grid areal series, 1991-2020, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Rain gauge River gauge Storm overflow
Nearest gauge on it: Appleford Bridge, 2.5 km away: 0.53 m Steady.
Every gauge on the River Blackwater →A level is shown only when the gauge's latest reading is under 6 hours old. Distances are straight-line from the centre of Witham's monitored area.
2 storm overflows within 5 km of the centre of Witham's monitored area. None of the 2 with a live status is discharging right now.
Event Duration Monitors show when an overflow may be spilling; they do not confirm it, and this is not advice on water quality. A live status older than two hours counts as no current status. Live status: © Anglian Water storm overflow activity data, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Annual spill figures: Environment Agency Event Duration Monitoring return, © Environment Agency copyright and/or database right, Open Government Licence (OGL) v3.0.
Town and civil parish in Essex, England
Witham is a town and civil parish in the Braintree district, in the county of Essex, England. It stands on the Roman road between the cities of Chelmsford and Colchester. The River Brain runs through the town and joins the River Blackwater on the outskirts. At the 2021 census the population of the parish was 27,797 and the population of the built up area was 27,395.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).
0.0mm of rain fell yesterday (25 Oct 2026), from the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km of Witham.
October so far: 58.1mm vs 59.9mm October average — 3% drier (the average covers the whole month; we are 26 days in). Figures are the average of 8 rain gauges within 15km.
Rainfall gauge nr Witham is the nearest rain gauge, 0.1km from the centre of Witham's monitored area. Rain gauges can be several kilometres from the town itself, so very local downpours may not register exactly.
15 days with at least 0.2mm of rain so far this October at Rainfall gauge nr Witham, against a full-month average of 16.0 rain days.
2012 was the wettest year in the record since 2001, with 794 mm from the average of 8 local rain gauges, against an average of 541 mm a year. The driest was 2003, with 323 mm.
9 Aug 2017: 48.7 mm on average across 8 local rain gauges, and up to 57.6 mm at one of them. Records since 4 Jul 2000.
Rainfall data: Environment Agency rain gauges, synced every 15 minutes. Daily totals are computed overnight (UTC days); "today so far" is live. Gauge distances are straight-line from the centre of Witham's monitored area — local rainfall can vary over short distances.
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